A great discovery weekend of Green Vietnam's ecolodge tour of the northern province of Tuyen Quang for nature and food lovers will be held on Dec 2-4.

The tour will depart from Hanoi at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 2 at 23, alley 203, Hong Ha, Hoan Kiem District. There are three tour packages, including Green Discovery, Zen Discovery and Comfort Discovery, priced from VND 1 million to 3 million.

The packages include at two nights at stilt houses and bungalow, two breakfasts and four meals. All the food will be organic.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang is located to the northwest of Hanoi. The province is rich in mineral resources. It is also one of the last remaining strongholds of the highly endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey.

Green Vietnam is a family owned and operated business, entirely oriented toward helping raise the living standards of as many local people as possible by showing them how to grow more lucrative crops and use sustainable farming techniques.

The role of the Eco Lodge is to help fund the project and to also help raise public awareness of what the group is doing. Proceeds help to fund operations and are reinvested in the people, land and their community. The organizer makes no profit.